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Parkway Driver Injured By Fallen Concrete

A piece of concrete struck a 28-year-old woman in the head during Monday morning's rush-hour traffic on the Parkway East, WTAE's Chris Glorioso reported.

The 7:30 a.m. incident injured a woman identified as Kerry Long of East Pittsburgh, and tied up traffic for more than 5 miles.

Long's vehicle was inbound when the concrete, which is pictured at left, shattered her windshield and injured her skull, Glorioso reported. She underwent surgery at UPMC Presbyterian and was recovering on Tuesday morning.

The concrete was originally thought to have fallen from the Greenfield Bridge, which passes over the parkway just west of the Squirrel Hill exit. But PennDOT officials said the chunk that injured Long appears to be of a different composition than that of the bridge.

Police said they don't know whether the concrete broke off the overpass, fell off the back of a truck or was thrown down to the parkway by somebody.

The parkway was closed inbound from the Squirrel Hill Tunnel to Oakland at 9:30 a.m. Outbound traffic was stalled as well, but began to move just before noon.

Traffic was flowing again in both directions by 1 p.m.

An investigation is continuing. Anyone who saw the concrete fall, or noticed anything suspicious on the bridge, is asked to call state police at the Findlay barracks at (412) 787-2000.

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